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Helsinki

66 images Created 21 May 2009

Helsinki rocks-Europe's Capital for the second half of 2006 is a fascinating place to explore!
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  • Asian businessmen in front of Nokia Building.
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  • Corona Bar, a popular meeting point for young creatives and the art scene owned by famous director Aki Kaurisma?ki. A portrait of his favourite actor Matti Pellonpa?, who drank himself to death some time ago, hangs prominently in a cosy corner next to the bar.
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  • Senate Square; the lutheran Cathedral.
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  • Senate Square; the lutheran Cathedral. Tourists taking souvenir photos.
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  • Kauppatori (Market Square). President's Palace undergoing renovation, looking like one of Christo's famous wrappings; changing of the guards.
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  • Subway entrance. Escalator.
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  • Kauppatori (Market Square). The Old Market Hall. Elk (moose) meat.
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  • Kauppatori (Market Square). The Old Market Hall. Cheese.
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  • Hakaniemi market square. Muikku (delicious little fish).
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  • People enjoying the warm spring sun at the Esplanade. Cherry tree in full bloom.
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  • Mannerheimintie. The "Three Smiths".
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  • Helsinki Central Railway Station. Mother and kids enjoying ice cream.
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  • Helsinki Central Railway Station. Art deco style building by architect Eliel Saarinen. Ticketing counters.
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  • Helsinki Central Railway Station. Art deco style building by architect Eliel Saarinen. The famous lamp holding giants.
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  • Helsinki Central Railway Station. Arrival of the Express train from St. Petersburg. Russian stewardess helping passengers to un-board.
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  • Kauppatori (Market Square). Young couple with bronze seals on a fountain.
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  • Boat excursion to the surrounding islands. A Silja (Seal) Line ferry next to Kauppatori (Market Square) at the city center.
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  • Boat excursion to the surrounding islands. Water plane and sailing yachts.
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  • Boat excursion to the surrounding islands. Passing a narrow channel.
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  • Kauppatori (Market Square). Sparakoff, the fiery red Pub Tram operated by Koff beer brewery.
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  • Tourists enjoying a city tour on a rainy day aboard Sparakoff, the fiery red Pub Tram operated by Koff beer brewery. Passing the lutheran cathedral at Senate Square. Flat screens show what comes next.
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  • Hakaniemi market square. Swingin' Shoemakers concert. A fan dancing to the music.
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  • Café Engel, named after German architect Carl Ludwig Engel who designed this Senate Square; the lutheran Cathedral reflected in the window.
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  • Sea Horse restaurant. Nicole Schmidt eating delicious baltic herrings.
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  • Hakaniemi market square. Traditional Finnish cheese.
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  • Hakaniemi market square. Smoked fish.
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  • Hakaniemi market square. Different kinds of fish roe.
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  • Girl with dreadlocks in a tram.
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  • Sexy ad on a public bus.
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  • An undertaker's logo.
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  • Forum Shopping Center, the biggest in the city center (Mannerheimintie). The mark on the floor designates the geographical center of Helsinki.
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  • Design District Helsinki. Annuli Tervo Gallery.
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  • Design District Helsinki. Ivana Helsinki Campus,  Uudenmannkatu 15.  No plastic bags, only cardboard boxes of paper wraps are handed out to customers.
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  • Design District Helsinki. Ivana Helsinki Campus,  Uudenmannkatu 15.  No plastic bags, only cardboard boxes of paper wraps are handed out to customers.
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  • Design District Helsinki. Formverk.
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  • AERO Design Furniture, Yrjönkatu 8.
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  • One of many interesting shops in the "design district".
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  • Famous Finnish design textiles by Marimekko.
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  • Trendy lounge restaurant "Mecca".
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  • Kosmos restaurant, fine traditional Finnish cuisine in an elegant and relaxed atmosphere.
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  • Kosmos restaurant, fine traditional Finnish cuisine in an elegant and relaxed atmosphere.
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  • Famous Finnish design textiles by Marimekko. On Graduation Day, school girls (and boys) celebrate the end of 12 hard school years, wearing students' caps and roaming the city's streets having fun.
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  • Zetor, a cult Finnish restaurant and bar owned by famous Finnish rock group "Leningrad Cowboys", features 5 original Czech Zetor tractors used as tables.
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  • Design Hotel Klaus K. at Bulevardi. The reception (r) and Filmita?hti restaurant.
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  • Design Hotel Klaus K. at Bulevardi. Ilmatar restaurant.
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  • Design Hotel Klaus K. at Bulevardi. Envy Plus Room.
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  • Hakaniemi market square. Shoes.
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  • Young couple schmoozing next to the bear sculpture at Bear Place.
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  • Linnanmäki (Borgbacken) Luna Park. Coffee cup caroussel.
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  • Linnanmäki (Borgbacken) Luna Park. Orange girls (girl oranges?)
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  • Linnanmäki (Borgbacken) Luna Park. Hot dogs.
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  • Linnanmäki (Borgbacken) Luna Park. Monorail.
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  • The Olympic Stadium Tower braving the clouds.
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  • A train on the bridge across Tölöö Lake, near Helsinki Central Railway Station (further to the right), passing the fountain.
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  • Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in front of demolished buildings.
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  • Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. Chairs for little kids at the restaurant.
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  • Skate Boarders in front of Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art.
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  • Lasipalatsi (Glass Palace), r.
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  • Panoramic view from Bar Ateljee at Sokos Hotel Torni, a famous art deco highriser. The six ice breakers keeping the baltic ice-free in winter moored in their summer quarters behind Uspenski Orthodox cathedral.
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  • Panoramic view from Bar Ateljee at Sokos Hotel Torni, a famous art deco highriser. Best place: ladies' toilets.
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  • Midnight sun over the surrounding islands, seen from Kauppatori (Market Square).
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  • The Finnish National Opera at Tölöö Lake. Salsa dance course.
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  • Elite restaurant. "Vorschmack", a classic Helsinki entree: shortly roasted lamb and beef meet ground with herring and anchovies; served with onions, pickles, red beet, sour cream and mashed potatos--delicious!
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  • Eira, Ullanlinna. Art deco church tower.
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  • Senate Square; seagull s(h)itting on a statue of Alexander II, a Russian Tsar.
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  • Tempeliaukio Church, the famous "Rock Church".
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